Cigar-wrapping machine



F. L. HERRINGTON 'CIGAR WRAPPING CHINE Original Filed July 1919 4 sheets sheet 2 Dec. 15, 192 1,565,939

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F. L. HERRINGTON CIGAR WRAPPING Momma Original Filed July 3 191 9 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 A arr/kg Patented Dec. 15, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT Qt liltli FLORENCE L. HERRINGTON, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF FIFTY-ONE ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO CHARLES EDEN, CF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

' CIGAR-WRAPPING MfACHINE.

Application filed July 30, 1919, Serial No. 314,287. Renewed May 2 1925.

To call 1 1720 122.- z't may concern.

Be it known that I; FLonnNon L. HunnLNo'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Hartford, in the county of Hart- :t'ord and State of Connecticut, have invent ed a new and Improved Cigar-VVrapping Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of machines used for applying the outside wrapperto cigars and the like, and an object of my invention, among others, is to provide a machine adapted without change to wind the wrappers in a right-handed or left-handed direction; and a further object of the invention is to provide a machine that shall be simple in construction and particularly efficient in its operation.

A machine embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a machine. embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan View, scale enlarged of a portion of my improved machine.

Figure 3 is a view in front elevation of the upper part of my improved machine, the scale being son'iewhat reduced from that employed in Figure 2 but greater than that cm ployed in Figure 1.

Figure 4; is a view in side elevation of the upper part of my improved machine looking from the left as seen in Figure 3 and with parts broken away to show construction.

Figure 5 is a view in side elevation of the 11])P01 part of my improved machine, showin; the opposite side from that illustrated in Figur 4.

Figure 6 is a view in vertical section on plane denoted by dotted line 6-6 of Fig ure 2.

Figure 7 is a detail view in horizontal section through a portion of my improved ma chine on a plane denoted by dotted line 77 of Figure 1.

t Figure 8 is a detail View, scale enlarged, of the trimming cutter.

My improved machine as illustrated and described herein comprises a supporting frame including side parts 10 of any suitable construction having such cross bars as may be desired to properlysupport them, none, however, being shown herein. A motor 11 is secured to one of the side parts from which passes a belt to a main driving shaft 12 supported in a loop 13 comprised in a one of the side parts of the machine. This driving shaft has a grooved pulley 1-1 and a clutch mechanism 15, of any desired construction comprising a shittable member engaged by a shifting fork 16 operated as by a knee shifting lever 1'? pivotally mounted on one of the side parts of the frame and supporting the shifting fork. A belt passes from. the motor to a main driving pulley l8 and another helt passes from the pulley 14 to a pulley 19 supported by brackets depending from the under side of a table 20 secured to the upper ends of the side parts 10 The shaft 21 on which the pulley 19 is mounted also contains a grooved pulley 22 and a second grooved pulley 23 is also suitably mounted on the bracket depending from a bracket plate secured to the under side of the table 20 in any suitable manner.

A base plate 24; is secured to the top of the table 520 in any suitable manner and the .mechanism employed in the wrapping operations is supported on this base plate, said n'rcchanism being composed as follo s:

A tension pulley is adjustably supporcd on a bracket 26 secured to and rising from said base plate; and roll. siu'iporting plates 27 also rise from said base plate and atiord bearings tor the ends of rest rolls upon which the cigar hunches rest when being wrapped. A presser roll supporting frame is also mounted for swinging novernent between said roll supporting plat-es, this frame comprising a U-shaped member having arms extending from a base 31 and supporting the ends 01" a presser roll 30 a tail 33 extending backwardly and downwardly from'the base 31 and having a hub 34: pivotally mounted between the side parts 27. A weight supporting rod 35 is Secured to the tail and projects laterally and forwardly therefrom to support a weight 36 in position to cause the frame supporting the presser roll 30 to be pressed downwardly and thereby press said roll into contact with a tobacco roll located upon the rest rolls 28 and 29. A flexible connection 37 extends from the tail 33 to a treadle 38, the latter being operated to exert a pull upon the connection 37 and thereby swing the frame and move the presser roll 30 away from the rest rolls and a cigar located thereon A wrapper supporting table 39 is placed in an inclined position in front of the wrapping rolls comprising the rest and presser rolls hereinabove described, said table being pivotally mounted on a post 40 secured within a socket piece 41 rising from the base plate 2i and adjustably secured as by means of a set screw.

In the operation a cigar bunch d2 1s placed upon the rest rolls, in the depression between them, it being; herein remarked that the rest rolls and presser roll are curved lengthwise to form a recess conforming to the general shape oi a cigar. hen this cigar bunch is placed .in the position indicated, the prcsser roll having been lifted for this purpose into its upper position, pressure upon the treadle 38 being released, the presser re l will be brought downwardly and caused to rest upon the cigar bunch with a pressure determined by the position of the weight or weights 36. A cigar wrapper 4:3 rests upon the table 39 with its end passing downwardly between the cigar bunch and the rolls 72S and 29, its end being suitably wrapped about the cigar bunch to cause it to be wound thereon as the rolls are rotated, the "feed of the wrapper and its direction of movement being controlled to a greater or lesser extent as by means of a human hand guiding; the wrapper along the upper surface of the table 39. The rolls are caused to rotate as by means of a belt 44 passing over the pulleys 22, 23 and 25, over a grooved pulley 45 mounted on supports it; rising from the base 31, over an idle roll t? mounted in a bracket 48 rising from the base plate 24 and over a (lIlViiifI pulley 4.) rotatably mounted and supported b a shaft 50 havingits ends supported by the plates 2?. The flange of the driving pulley it) in driving contact with the rolls Q8 and 39 and the flanges ot the pulley 5 are in driving-1' contact with the presser roll 30. The portions oi the rest and presser rolls in contact with the driving pulleys are roughened in a manner to provide a formation resembling; teeth that mesh. to a greater or lesser degree with similar toothed formalions provided by roughening the flanges of said driving pulleys. this to insure a. suitcient driving connection between said pullers and rolls.

lhe extension of the belt 44: about the pulley mounted on the swinging frame causes said belt to be loosened when the frame is swung to remove the presser roll 30 from the rolls 28 and 29 and the operation of the machine is, therefore, automatically stopped by the action of releasing the presser roll.

in the operation of forming wrappers from a leaf of tobacco the vein extending along the center of the leaf is removed, leaving two pieces. These pieces are then cut to give the desired form to strips that are to form the wrapper this manner of torn'iing the wrapper strip being well understood by those skilled in the art and for this reason illustration thereof and further description is omitted herein. lhese strips are wound about the cigar bunch in a spiral direction, and a strip torn'icd from a leaf on one side of the vein is wound in one direction, as in a right-hand direction, and a strip or wrapper iormed from the part of the leaf on the other side 01 the vein is wound spirally in the opposite or lett-hand direction, and in order that these operations may be etl'ected with little trouble and without change orthe machine I provide the following mechanisms that may be instantly swung; into or from operative positions.

As a set oi such mechanisms including cutting and pasting mechanisms is located at each end of. the rest and presser rolls, a detailed description of one only will be embodied herein, it being understood that such description ot a set at one end of said rolls applies equally to the set at the opposite end of said rolls. l

After the cigar bunch has been wrapped. and the outside wrapper has been thereby applied to it. the outer end, or that end in tended to be lighted, is cut of: square across, and the tip or pointed end a small amount of paste is applied to the wrapper to secure it just before the completion of the winding operation. hen such a strip composing the wrapper is made from that side oi the tobacco leai requiring it to be wound in a right-hand direction the outer end of the cigar. that is the unpointed end, will be located at the right-hand end of the rollers, when viewed iron] the trout and Facing; the machine, and the pointed end will be located at the let't-hasul end of said rollers. and tor the purpose ot trimming the strip to tacilitale the finishing; of the wrapping: operation a trimming knife 51 is pivotally mounted on a trimming knite suppru't of! secured to and extending); from a trimming knife sleeve 53 rotatably mounted on a post .34; secured to and rising from the plate 94. The support 513 terminates in a shclt' that is preferably recessed to [it the trout edge ot the table 39, as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. A. handle 56 rises from the shell as a means of swingingthe. support on the post to place the knite in its ditlerent positions, and the knife is provided with a handle 57 by means of which it is operated to trim the cigar wrappen a spring 58 holding the knitc in its raised position. An arm 59 rigidly connected with the support 52 receives a link 60 that connects said arm with a like arm of the trimming mechanism at the opposite side of the machine. This construction provides that when the trimming mechanism at either end of the machine is swung into its inoperative position, such operation will automatically place the trimming mechanism at the opposite end of the machine in its operative position, and it will he noted that when either trimming knife is in its operative position it will be in readiness to trim and shape the end of the wrapper strip to enable said strip to be manipulated in shaping the tip of the cigar and thereby finish the wrapping operation.

The shelf is enlarged to provide a block 61 having a tipping recess 62 of conical shape positioned to receive one end of the cigar bunch when it is properly positioned between the rolls. A slit 63 extends into the recess 62, this slit being adapted to receive the Wrapper strip during the finishing operation of wrapping a cigar. A port 64 to supply an adhesive extends from a passage in a supply pipe 65 into the tipping recess, and a gate 66 controls the passage from the supply pipe 65 to the port 6-it to admit adhesive to said port or to shut off said adhesive from flow thereto. This gate is connected by a stem 67 with the trimming knife 51. so that whenever the trimming knife is in its raised position the passage for the flow of adhesive to the recess 62 will be closed but when the knife is operated to trim the end of a Wrapper strip the gate will be moved to open the passage to permit flow of adhesive to such recess. The pipe 65 extends to a reservoir 68 in which the adhesive is contained, a weight 60 closely fitting the interior of the reservoir being supported on the adhesive therein to create a pressure sullioientto force the adhesive into the tipping recess.

In the wrapping operation as the wrapping strip winds about the pointed tip of the cigar the operation of the rolls may be iiun'iedi-ately stopped by the operation of the knee shifting lever l? or by raising the prcsser roll, the trii'nming iinife 51 being then operated to properly trim and shape the end the wrapper strip, The rolls may now be 2 gain put ito opera tion and the end of the strip will be manipulated to properly dispose of its end to form the tip. When the knife is operated a small supply of adhesive is introduced to the recess 62, and in. this final operation. the spinning of the tip in the recess finally disposes of the end of the wrapper strip that is secured by means of the adhesive and the tip is thus neatly formed.

For the purpose of cutting off the larger end of the finished and wrapped cigar I provide at each end of the machine a cutting device, each cutting device comprising a shaft 70 mounted between ears 71 rising from the plate 24. A cutting-off knife support 7 2 rises from the shaft 70 and has a cutting-off knife 73 pivotally attached thereto. The upper end of this support terminates in a head 711 secured to the support and having butt recess 75 to receive the butt or large end of the cigar. The head comprises a jaw 76 pivotally attached to the main part of the head and having a jaw operating rod 7'? extending into engagement with the bent end of jaw operating finger '58 projecting from an a 'in 32. A cutter positioning spring 79 is secured, one end to an car 71 and the other end to the shaft 70, the spring operating to raise the cutter to its working position. A crank arm 80 extends in prolongation of the shaft 70, the bent end of this arm being engaged by a cutter operating post 81 projecting from the trimming knife sleeve 53.

In the operation of the mechanism just described, when the wrapping of a cigar has been completed the cutting olf knife T3 is manually operated as by means of its handle 82 to cut of? the end of the cigar, and the arrangement of the mechanism herein before described will cause the cutting off knife at the butt end of the cigar to be in its operative position, irrespective of at which end of the rolls this butt end may be placed as when the trimming knife at either end of the roll is swung into or out of its operative position, the engagement of the crank arms 80 with the posts 81 will. cause the cutting oli knives to be swung into or out of their operative positions, as conditions may require, the trimming knives being joined for simultaneous rations as hereinbefore described and the cutting knife mechanisms being joined for simultaneous operation through connections with the trim ming knife mechanisms.

lVhcn the butt one of the cigar is cut oti and, the arms 32 are raised in the operation of raising the prosser roll from the rest rolls, the engagement of ti o operating linger T8 with the jaw o 'ierating rod 77, will cause the iaw 7G to he opened to permit removal of the wrapped ciga r from the recess in. the head 74:.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, If have described the principles of operation of my invention, together with the device which I now consider to rep resent the best eniliiodinient thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrative, and that the invention may be carried out by other means.

1. A cigar wrappino" machine comprising a rest roll and a press 1? roll shaped to receive a cigar bunch between them. grooved driving members in contact with the working faces of said rolls to drive them all in the same direction, and a belt passing about said driving members.

2. A cigar wrapping machine comprising a rest roll and a presser roll shaped to receive a cigar bunch between them, grooved IOU Ill)

driving members having roughened flanges engaging said rolls near the lengthwise center portions of the working faces thereof, and a belt passing throng i the grooves be tween the flanges 0t said driving members.

3. Jr cigar wrapping machine .:omprising a rest roll and a presser roll shaped to receive a cigar hunch between them, a swinging supporting frame on which one oi said rolls is mountec, grooved driving nicn'ibers in driving contact with the working faces of said rolls, one o'l said members being supported on said swinging frame, and a belt passing through grooves in said members in a direction to be loosened when said frame is swung on its pivot.

4t. A cigar wrapping machine comprising a rest roll, a presser roll, a swinging frame supporting said presser roll, grooved driving members to receive a driving clement one of said members being supported on said "frame whereby when said presser roll moved away from the other roll, said driving element is loosened to destroy its driving power.

5. A cigar wrapping machine comprising a pair of rest rolls shaped to receive a cigi 1' bunch between them, a short grooved driving member in contact with the working faces of both of said rolls, a swinging frame, a presser roll mounted on said frame and adapted to be positioned over said rest roll,

a short grooved driving member mounted on said swinging frame in contact with said presser roll intermediate its ends, and a belt passing through the grooves in said driving members and about guide members in a direction to be loosened when said frame is swung to move the presser roll away from the rest roll.

6. A cigar wrapping machine comprising a rest roll, means including a presser roll for retaining a cigar bunch in contact with said rest roll, said presser roll and rest roll being shaped to receive a cigar bunch between them, a member cooperating with the rest roll to support said cigar bunch, grooved driving members in driving contact with the working faces of said rolls to drive them all in the same direction, and a belt passing about said driving members and between them and said rolls.

A cigar wrapping machine comprising rolls formed and positioned to receive a cigar bunch between them. means located at each end of said rolls for finishing a tip on a cigar.v and a support to receive a finishing means at each end of said rolls, said support being movably mounted to place said finishing means in an operative or inoperative po sition.

8. A igar wrapping machine comprising rolls formed and positioned to receive a cigar bunch between them, a set of mechanism each comprising a finishing mechanism ation upon a cigar bunch, means for moving said mechanisms to inoperative positions, and a connection between said n'icchanisnis to place one of them in an inoperative position when the other is moved to an operative position.

it J cigar wrapping machine conugrising rolls formed and positioned to receive a cigar bunch between them, a set of mechanisms for operating upon a cigar bunch and located each end of said rolls, each mechanism of a set at one end of the rolls being adapted to perform a different operation from that performed by another mechanism in said set, and means for connecting the mechanisms of like construction at opposite ends of the rolls to move one of said mechanisms to an inoperative position when the other is placed in an operative position.

11. A cigar wrapping machine comprising rolls formed and positioned to receive a cigar bunch between them, a set comprising a tip finishing and a butt cutting mechanism located at each end of said rolls, and connections between each of the like mechanisms at opposite ends of the rolls for moving one of said mechanisms into an operative position when the other is moved out of an operative position.

12. A cigar wrapping machine comprising rolls formed and positioned to receive a cigar bunch between them, a tip-finishing and a butt-cutting mechanism located at each end of said rolls, and connections between all of said mechanisms whereby a plurality of them will be moved either to operative or inoperative positions when one is moved into or from one of said positions.

13. A cigar wrapping machine comprising rolls formed and positioned to receive a cigar bunch between them, a support located on a vertical axis at one end oi? said rolls, a. support mounted on a horizontal axis at the same end of said rolls, mechanisms for per- "forming operations upon cigar bunches mounted upon said rolls, and a connection between said supports to move the mechanisms on one to an inoperative position when the mechanism on the other is moved into an operative position.

1a. A cigar wrapping machine comprising rolls formed and positioned to receive a cigar bunch between them, a block located at one end of said rolls and having a recess to receive the tip of a cigar, means for operating on saidtip, a supply for an adhesive, means for conducting said supply within said recess, and means connected with said tip operating means for controlling said supply.

15. A cigar wrapping machine comprising a rest and a presser roll shaped to receive a cigar bunch between them, a mechanism located at each end of said rolls for performing an operation upon a cigar bunch in the wrapping thereof a rotatably mounted support for each of said mechanisms, an arm extending from each of said supports, a link connecting said arms, the latter being positinned to move one of said supports away from the end of said rolls when the other of said supports is moved toward the end of said rolls.

16. A cigar wrapping machine comprising a rest and a nresser roll shaped to receive a cigar bunch between them, a mechanism lo cated at each end of said rolls to perform an operation upon a cigar bunch in the wrapping thereof, a rotatable support for each of said mecl'ianisms, means for exerting force upon said supports to rotate them and therel'iy move the mechanisms thereon toward the ends of the rolls, and means for holding said supports to locate the mechanisms thereon in an inoperative position with respect to said rolls.

17. A cigar wrapping machine comprising a rest and a presser roll shaped to receive a cigar bunch between them, a mechanism located at each end of said rolls to perform an operation upon a cigar bunch in the wrap ping thereof, supports rotatably mounted to receive said mechanisms, means for transmitting force to each of the supports to rotate them and thereby move the mechanisms thereon relatively with respect to the ends of said rolls, a second mechanism for performing an operation upon a cigar bunch, and a connection between one of said supports and said second mechanism to rotate the latter to move the mechanism thereon relatively with respect to the ends of said rolls.

18. A cigar wrapping machine comprising a rest roll and a presser roll shaped to rec igar ceive a cigar bunch between them, a plurality of. sets of mechanisms for performing operations upon a cigar bunch at one end of said rolls, each of said sets of mechanisms having a shaft rotatably mounted, a crank arm extending from one of said shafts and a connection between the other of said mech anisms and said crank arm for operation of the mechanism of which said crank arm forms a part.

19. A cigar wrapping machine comprising a rest and a presser roll shaped to receive a cigar bunch between them, a mechanism for perforn'iing an operation upon acigar bunch at one end of said rolls, a mechanism for performing a different operation upon a. cigar bunch at the other end of said rolls,

a shaft rotatably 'mounted to support the n'iechanism first mentioned, a crank arm extending from said shaft, and a member connected with the second of said mechanisms and adapted to engage said crank arm to pd sition said second mentioned mechanism.

20. A cigar wrapping machine comprising a rest and a resser roll shaped to r ceive a bunch. between them, a mechanism for performing an operation upon a cigar bunch at the end of said rolls, means for supplying an adhesive to said mecnanism, and a valve to control said supply, said valve being operatively connected with a member of said D'IQOlitll'liSlH to be operated thereby.

21. ii cigar wrapping machine comprising a rest and a presser roll shaped to re ccive a cigar bunch between them, a reciprocating knife for operating upon a cigar bunch at one end of said rolls, a receptacle to receive an adhesive, a conduit extending from said receptacle and opening in proximity to said knife, a gate extending across the fluid. passage in said conduit and having a port to register with said passage, and a connection between the knife and said gate whereby the latter is moved to position its port out of registry with said passage when the knife is raised.

FLORENCE L. HERRINGTON. 

